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. WHIP BUTTON AND PROCESS OF GONSTRUGTION. No. 364,539. Patented June 7, 1887.

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LOZENE M. OSDEN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO STRONG, WOODBURY & (30., OF SAME PLACE.

WH'iP-BUTTON AND PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,539. dated June '7, 1887.

Application filed February 52, 1886. Serial No. 190;;372.

of manufacturing whip-buttons, and also to the whips having my improved buttons applied thereto, as an article of manufacture, the said invent-ion being fully described and illustrated in the following specification and drawings, and thenovel features pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

My improvements in the manufacture of whip-buttons are represented in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 represents a portion of a whip having a collar or mold applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 represents the finished button, showing the corrugated form given to it by rolling while in the plastic condition. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of apparatus adapted to give the mold the desired corrugated form. Fig. 5 isa plan view of one of the corrugated rollers detached. Fig. 6 represents a modified form of button.

. In the practical operations of producing my improved whip-buttons I wind the whip or whip-stock with a suitable flexible material, so :as to produce an enlarged collar or mold thereon, as represented in Fig. 1. To form the mold, I use thread, cord, cotton wiclring, or strips of cloth, paper, sheep-skin, or other thin leather, and I secure the same in place on the whip by using glue ora suitable cement on the material of which the mold is to beformed, either before or after it is applied. The molds are quickly and easily formed by the cheapest labor, as the operation merely'consists in winding the whip with the flexible material and securing it in place by'the use ofglue or cement. The mold may be made of any desired length, and it may be made cylindrical, as represented in Fig.1, or it may be given a greater thickness toward the center of its length, so as to have a curved or oval outline. The thread or other (No model.)

tinuously from one edge of the button to the other.

If cloth, paper, or leather be used as the material of which the button is composed, the length of the button will be determined by the width of the strips applied to the whip.

'A in the accompanying drawings represents the whip, and B the mold, which, after being applied as above stated, is given the finished form of the button 0 by rolling between corrugated rollers while in the plastic condition, after the glue or cement has partiallydried,

material is wound on the whip evenly and con so that it will not adhere to the rollers, but

before it has hardened or set.

Any suitable apparatus may be employed for giving the buttons the desired form. I

have represented such a device in Fig. 4, in'

which D, E, and F are the rollers, G a suitable base or support, and H a pivoted lever, by means of which the movable roller D is pressed 4 against the button during the rolling operation,

or raised out of the way, as indicated by the dotted lines, to permit the introduction or re moval of the whip. ported in suitable journals, so as to revolve freely therein, being geared together so that they run in the same direction, and driven by power. The rollers Eand Fmayhave straight surfaces; but I prefer to give all three of them a corrugated form, as indicated in Fig. 5, corresponding with that which it is desired the finished button should have. If a button of curved or oval outline is to be formed, the

rollers are made smaller in diameter toward the center of their length. The edges of the corrugations on the rollers force themselves into the mold, displacing laterally a portion of the material of which it is composed and causing it to redistribute itself while in the plastic condition into a corrugated form, which is retained after drying.

The finished button may be varnished,

.painted, colored, or otherwise ornamented.

The mold may be applied to the whip after it has been covered, braided, or plaited. It is sometimes necessary, in order to obtain the most perfect form in the finished button, to repeat the rolling operatioma coat of glue or The lower rollers are sup-- cement being applied to the partially-finished mold between the time when it is subjected to the action of the rollers.

I am aware that apparatus for rolling buttons on whips has been previously patented, and such I do not claim; butin the use of such apparatus the buttons have been formed by braiding or plaiting by hand, or by slipping a cylindrical woven or knit fabric over the whip; and I am not aware that prior to my invention whip-buttons have been made by building up a mold of cord or other flexible material directly on the whip, and in subse quent-ly shaping the mold so formed by rolling between corrugated surfaces while in the plastic condition. By my improvement I am enabled to materially reduce the cost of manufacturing whip-buttons, as I employ the cheapest, or even in some cases refuse, material, and the forming of the mold on the whip is accomplished rapidly by the most inexperienced operatives, any slight irregularities in its surface being corrected by the action of the rollers, while the finishing is quickly and cheaply effected by power.

I claim- 1. The herein-described method of forming buttons on whips, consisting in forming collars or molds 011 the whips by winding the latter with a suitable flexible material with glue or cement, and in subsequently giving the molds a corrugated form by rolling them in contact with the corrugated surface while in the plastic condition,substantially as described 2. As an article of manufacture, a whip provided with one or more buttons formed thereon by winding the whip-body with flexible material and cement or glue, then giving the molds final shape by rolling them in contact with a suitably-shaped surface, substantially as described.

LOZENE M. OSDEN.

Witnesses:

Gno. B. SELDEN, JOHN E. Srmnrn. 

